#!/usr/bin/python """ This file is part of the web2py Web Framework Copyrighted by Massimo Di Pierro License: LGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html) Attention: Requires Chrome or Safari. For IE of Firefox you need https://github.com/gimite/web-socket-js 1) install tornado easy_install tornado 2) start this app: python gluon/contrib/comet_messaging.py -k mykey -p 8888 3) from any web2py app you can post messages with from gluon.contrib.comet_messaging import comet_send comet_send('http://127.0.0.1:8888','Hello World','mykey','mygroup') 4) from any template you can receive them with When the server posts a message, all clients connected to the page will popup an alert message Or if you want to send json messages and store evaluated json in a var called data: - All communications between web2py and comet_messaging will be digitally signed with hmac. - All validation is handled on the web2py side and there is no need to modify comet_messaging.py - Multiple web2py instances can talk with one or more comet_messaging servers. - "ws://127.0.0.1:8888/realtime/" must be contain the IP of the comet_messaging server. - Via group='mygroup' name you can support multiple groups of clients (think of many chat-rooms) Here is a complete sample web2py action: def index(): form=LOAD('default','ajax_form',ajax=True) script=SCRIPT(''' jQuery(document).ready(function(){ var callback=function(e){alert(e.data)}; if(!web2py_comet('ws://127.0.0.1:8888/realtime/mygroup',callback)) alert("html5 websocket not supported by your browser, try Google Chrome"); }); ''') return dict(form=form, script=script) def ajax_form(): form=SQLFORM.factory(Field('message')) if form.accepts(request,session): from gluon.contrib.comet_messaging import comet_send comet_send('http://127.0.0.1:8888',form.vars.message,'mykey','mygroup') return form Acknowledgements: Tornado code inspired by http://thomas.pelletier.im/2010/08/websocket-tornado-redis/ """ import tornado.httpserver import tornado.websocket import tornado.ioloop import tornado.web import hmac import sys import optparse import urllib import time listeners = {} names = {} tokens = {} def comet_send(url,message,hmac_key=None,group='default'): sig = hmac_key and hmac.new(hmac_key,message).hexdigest() or '' params = urllib.urlencode({'message': message, 'signature': sig, 'group':group}) f = urllib.urlopen(url, params) data= f.read() f.close() return data class PostHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler): """ only authorized parties can post messages """ def post(self): if hmac_key and not 'signature' in self.request.arguments: return 'false' if 'message' in self.request.arguments: message = self.request.arguments['message'][0] group = self.request.arguments.get('group',['default'])[0] print '%s:MESSAGE to %s:%s' % (time.time(), group, message) if hmac_key: signature = self.request.arguments['signature'][0] if not hmac.new(hmac_key,message).hexdigest()==signature: return 'false' for client in listeners.get(group,[]): client.write_message(message) return 'true' return 'false' class TokenHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler): """ if running with -t post a token to allow a client to join using the token the message here is the token (any uuid) allows only authorized parties to joins, for example, a chat """ def post(self): if hmac_key and not 'message' in self.request.arguments: return 'false' if 'message' in self.request.arguments: message = self.request.arguments['message'][0] if hmac_key: signature = self.request.arguments['signature'][0] if not hmac.new(hmac_key,message).hexdigest()==signature: return 'false' tokens[message] = None return 'true' return 'false' class DistributeHandler(tornado.websocket.WebSocketHandler): def open(self,params): group,token,name = params.split('/')+[None,None] self.group = group or 'default' self.token = token or 'none' self.name = name or 'anonymous' # only authorized parties can join if DistributeHandler.tokens: if not self.token in tokens or not token[self.token]==None: self.close() else: tokens[self.token] = self if not self.group in listeners: listeners[self.group]=[] # notify clients that a member has joined the groups for client in listeners.get(self.group,[]): client.write_message('+'+self.name) listeners[self.group].append(self) names[self] = self.name print '%s:CONNECT to %s' % (time.time(), self.group) def on_message(self, message): pass def on_close(self): if self.group in listeners: listeners[self.group].remove(self) del names[self] # notify clients that a member has left the groups for client in listeners.get(self.group,[]): client.write_message('-'+self.name) print '%s:DISCONNECT from %s' % (time.time(), self.group) if __name__ == "__main__": usage = __doc__ version= "" parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage, None, optparse.Option, version) parser.add_option('-p', '--port', default='8888', dest='port', help='socket') parser.add_option('-l', '--listen', default='0.0.0.0', dest='address', help='listener address') parser.add_option('-k', '--hmac_key', default='', dest='hmac_key', help='hmac_key') parser.add_option('-t', '--tokens', action='store_true', default=False, dest='tokens', help='require tockens to join') (options, args) = parser.parse_args() hmac_key = options.hmac_key DistributeHandler.tokens = options.tokens urls=[ (r'/', PostHandler), (r'/token', TokenHandler), (r'/realtime/(.*)', DistributeHandler)] application = tornado.web.Application(urls, auto_reload=True) http_server = tornado.httpserver.HTTPServer(application) http_server.listen(int(options.port), address=options.address) tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()